Heroes

Copenhagen, 1943. Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen's life is shadowed by the Nazi occupation. When the German campaign to "relocate" Denmark's Jewish population intensifies, Annemarie's family bravely takes in her best friend, Ellen Rosen, concealing her as one of their own.

Through Annemarie's eyes, witness the courage of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances as the Danish Resistance races against time to smuggle nearly seven thousand Jews across the sea to safety in Sweden.

Winner of the Newbery Medal, Number the Stars is a timeless story of friendship, resilience, and the enduring power of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable adversity. It is a reminder that even in the darkest of times, bravery and decency can light the way.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz comes a gripping, 80-page bonus story about D-Day that can be read alongside the novel Allies , or on its own! Samira Zidane lives in Nazi-occupied France during World War II...and she has a secret. She and her mother are spies for the underground resistance. They crack codes and trade messages that will help sabotage the Nazis' plans. When her mother is captured by enemy soldiers, Samira must travel through the war-torn countryside on a desperate and daring rescue mission. And today just happens to be D-Day: the pivotal moment when Allied soldiers are landing in France. Battles rage all around her, and Samira only has a small dog named Cyrano for company. Can she find a way to save her mother before time runs out?

From Kristin Hannah, the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds, comes The Women, an unforgettable story of courage, sacrifice, and the bonds of friendship forged in the crucible of war.

When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears the words "Women can be heroes, too," a new world opens before her. Raised in the sheltered, sun-kissed world of Southern California, Frankie has always strived to be the good girl. But in 1965, as her brother is deployed to Vietnam, she impulsively enlists in the Army Nurse Corps, trading her idyllic life for the chaos and trauma of the war.

In Vietnam, Frankie and her fellow nurses face unimaginable challenges, forming deep and lasting bonds amidst the daily realities of life and death. But the battle doesn't end when they come home. In a divided America, these women find themselves fighting a new war—for recognition, respect, and a place in a society that wants to forget them.

The Women is a powerful tribute to the unsung heroes of the Vietnam War, a story of resilience, and a testament to the enduring strength of women in the face of adversity. It's a journey of love, loss, and the discovery that even in the darkest of times, hope and courage can light the way.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK From the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits. “Thrilling . . . heartbreaking . . . uplifting . . . the fast-paced, emotionally charged story of one ambitious young woman, finding both her voice and her passion.”—Kristin Hannah, author of The Women “NASA? Space missions? The ’80s? This is a collection of all the things I love.”—Andy Weir, author of Project Hail Mary and The Martian Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA’s space shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to be one of the few people to go to space. Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980, Joan begins training at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond and scientist John Griffin, who are kind and easygoing even when the stakes are highest; mission specialist Lydia Danes, who has worked too hard to play nice; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald, who is navigating her own secrets; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer, who can fix any engine and fly any plane. As the new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined. In this new light, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe. Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, it all changes in an instant. Fast-paced, thrilling, and emotional, Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best: transporting listeners to iconic times and places, creating complex protagonists, and telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love—this time among the stars.